Altar Candlestick with Shield of Arms (one of a pair)
Unknown Venetian, Italian, 16th century
about 1550-1575
Bronze with dark brown patina
Overall: 16 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (41.3 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968
EL.2015.78.2
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Furnishings: Lighting Device
Research Area
Decorative Arts
On view
Course History
HIST 96.39, Saints and Material Devotion, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Fall 2021
HIST 7.19, Medieval Paris, M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2022
History 42.01, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies 22.01, Gender & European Society, Patrick Meehan, Spring 2024
History 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2024
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Noemi Perego, Spring 2024
Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Tania Convertini, Spring 2024
Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.
Provenance
Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California; lent to present collection, 2015.
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